Tensile-stress determining device



K. STAHL TENS 1w s'msss nawnamum'e nzvzcz Fueqmme 2a. 1920" INVENTOR= all in the manner of a lever.

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Be it known that I, KARL STAHL, a citizen of the German Empire,eresidingoat Friedrichshafen, Germany, have invented eein 5 new and useful 1m rovements in Tensiles Stress-Determining following is a specification. I

My 'nvention relates to devices for determinin the tensile stress of wires, ropes,

it belts, an the like, in the case of which more or less flexibly stretched tension members are deflected from'their rectilinear course by being forcibly caused to bear up against three guide members. My invention refers more 15 particularly to measuring devices of theide membersare dis-- posed at an naltera le distance from each kind in which two other, wher s the third relatively to the two others, is resiliently arranged to oscillate The special object of my invention is to so construct and arran t I which, as compared wit i other devices of the kind known, willprove to be far more simple and 'far'less sensitive in service, that they will enable themeasuring operation .to be carripd but quickly and accurately, afiording,'1n particular, the possibility of directly reading 0d the tension required, without reuiring, when testing difi'erent kinds of tensile bodies, the setting of extremely sensitive adjusting devices, an operation not only entailin a great loss of time but which also embo ies a great deal of unreliability.

- The subject matter of this invention'consequently forms a tension measuring device, particular for wires and ropes, of the above indicated, in the case of which i one of the non-flexible guide members is 10 provided with a device by the dis lacement of which both the connection and isconnection of the member or bed to be tested is facilitated, as also the testm of variously stout bodies rendered possibe without reee quiring any chan 'ng of the measuring instrument itself. n accordance with the invention, the resilient guide member is caused by means of a gearing, serv ng to increase the extent of the deflections, to adect or act upon an index, which is ada ted to directly denote the tension require in connection with tensile bodies of varying thickness and strength, without- ,the necessity arising of either renewi or but setting the spring keeping the guide member in tension. lhe

vices, of which the see said devices for stouter wires and ropes.

for will at least approximately corms to the like diiferences of the scale divisions.

ratio of the transmission required .will preferably be so selected as to admit of alteration in orderto'securewe uniformly and exact results wen reading on the tension in respect of powerfully stretchd tensile bodies.

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v vantage incorporated inthe subject matter of the invention resides in the fact that although it admits of broadest application; it yet embodies but a small number of movable iparts, and notably but a small number of in icating and setting de- V1088, as also that the moveable parts are so lod ii that their displacement will afiect neither the reliability of service, nor the accuracy of the measurements taken, nor the 1 easy manipulation of the apparatus, so that this latter as an entirety ma be directly paliibrated for difierent'rope iameters and oa s.

'lo embodiments or the subject matter of this invention are shown. diagrammatically, by way of example on the accompanying a drawing, in which i Fig. 1 is a view of a rope-tension measuring device especially suitable for thin wires, s Y Figs, 2 to 4, a front, side, and rear view, respectively, of a similar device suitable In the construction according to Fig. 1, a base plate A is adapted to support a bolt-- shaped guide member A. A second guide member B maybe secured by means of a small regulating or adjusting ring B and a lock nut within two supports (1 arranged at the ham plate A.

- A plate springC is attached with one of its ends opposite to the base plate A, while its unattached end is adaptedto support at the side thereof facing the guide members A and B a stop C", and on the opposite side a roller 0. A. torsional spring, not shown in the drawing, causes a rotatable cam D, terminating in an index D" to bear 1 up against this said roller. The index D moves across a series of concentrically. arranged scales E, each of which is intended to correspond to a particular diameter of wire. The shape of the cam is such that ice the same alterations of the tension soughs In order to compensate for any petty inaccuracies caused during manufacture, the out guide member B is suitably adjusted when calibrating. However, itmi ht justas well be used to be displaced a ong one scale only in accordance with the difierent rope diameters to be measured. Tn Fig. 1 it'is assumed that a tensile force P of 50 kg. is brought to bear upon the ends or a wire F,

2?; mm. in diameter, placed in tension. Tn

accordance-herewith the index l) is shown as pointing to the numeral 50 of the central row of scales. 1

In the second form of execution according to Figs. 2-4, a base plate A is adapted to support on its rear face a disc-shaped uide member A as also two axes a and a. y means of a handle B, a guide disc B is apted to be eccentrically displaced about the member (1 The said displacement is irtulicated by an index B moving across a scale A arranged on the front face of plate A- and indicating the rope diameter. A lever C is adapted to oscillate about an axis a, to the unattached endof which lever there is connected a tension spring G ad- .justably connected to the base plate A. A spindle 0 provided at the lever C is ar- :1 to support a guide disc G. The deflections of this latter are transmitted in the form of an increased transmission on the axis of an index D, disposed to move across a scale 1E within a casing E arranged at the front face of the base plate. The three guide discs A, B, C are disposed in one and the same plane. In the event of the device being intended to serve only for determining-the rope tension of wire, ropes, and so on, in tension, but otherwise in a state of rest,-then the guide discs may be fixed to their axes. If, on the other hand, the tension of running hauling ropes is to be ascertained, then the discs must be disposed to rotate as easily as possible.

The scale E may, even as in the construction according to Fig. 1, be adapted to indicate the loads P of the tension body F, placed in tension for the time being, which have been directly ascertained, by calibration. It will however be found to be expedient to merely divide it into deees. For in that event, the eccentricity 0 disc B for wires of diflerent grades and accordingly varying brealn'ng strength, having been suitably chosen, the periphery of the scale division may be more uniformly utilized.

If the eccentricity were only so chosen that for difierent grades of rope, the angular deflections of the lever C would come to correspond to the like rope tensions P, then it is true, a sullicient, say, a threefold factor of safety being provided, thcscale might be fully utilized. However, in the case of a medium (7?) rope grades and the like threefold factor of safety, the issible utilizing capacity would only amount to the menace fourth part of tho periphery of the scale, and already at three-fourths of said scale periphery the weaker rope would be broken. Tn accordance with this invention, the cocentricity is so chosen that the triangle, the angles of whidhl dre determined by this points of contact between rope and the three discs A", B", C, will, in spite of the load being equal, turn out to be considerably less obtuse in the case of small rope diameters than in that of big rope diameters. The arrangement may be such, that for the various rope grades, the extremity of the scale will in each case at least approximately coincide with the admissible maximum load for the particular rope grade in question. p

In the form of execution under notice the eccentric shift is intended to serve the additional purpose to render it possible to readily apply the device to powerfully stretched tensile bodies by means of an appropriate though merely temporary displacement of t guide disc B. In as far as a subsequent accurate setting of the device to the diameter of stouter grades of rope may appear dificult, the said, setting may already be efiected in advance. All that is required in such a case is that one of the axes a or a of the uide disc B, respectively, of the lever C e ad'ustably arranged for the purpose of enabling the device to be more easily connected and disconnected, said adjustment being preferably again eilected by means of an eccentric guide or the like. Such an arrangement will recommend itself especially in cases where running ropes, say, such belongin to hauling devices, are to be dealt with. n such a case moreover the entire tension measuring device will be rovided with a spring suspension means or the purpose of being better able to make due' allowance for the irregularities of the rope guide provided the guide members are of suitable height, there IS no objection whatever to employing the subject matter of my invention for. ascertaining giant tensions.

ll claim: I

1. Tu a device of the kind described in combination, three guide members not disposed in one straight line, oneof said memers being adapted to move resiliently relatively to the other members and means for adjusting one of said other members to different' wire or rope diameters.

2. In adevice of the kind described in combination, three guide members not disposed in one strai ht line, one of said members being adapted to move resilient] relatively to the other members, means or adher and said pointer. lac

ween 3. In a. device ofthe kind described in combination, three guide members not disposed in one strnigine line, one of said members being adopted to move resiliently reln-.

'- tiveiy to the other members, means for redjusting one of said other members to difier ent Wire or rope diameters, e pointer and an adjustable step-u gearing between said movabie member on said POIIli/El.

in e device of the kind described in combination, three guide members not disposed in a stmi ht line, two of said memoars being fixed, the free end of 2 Ken? not disposed in one straight line, one of said members being ndeted to move resiliently 2o relatively to the ot or members and means for adjusting one of said other members to difierent wire or rope diameters.

In testimony whereof ii efix my signature.

KARL s'renn. 

